My wife and I are both retirees, As such we are members of the most vulnerable part of the population. So we take the self quarantine orders seriously. The interesting thing about that is that , for us, it entails remarkably little inconvenience. We keep each other company, and we have our 2 dogs. Our … More Corona Virus – House Arrest
Despite the declarations and posturing, the United States is NOT preventing Iran from making a nuclear weapon. The Mullahs have increased their level of making weapon quality Uranium (much more concentrated than what is needed for civilian applications) and current estimates are that Iran already has enough to manufacture at least 2 nuclear weapons. Having … More Bomb, Bomb, Who’s got the Bomb?
When an apartment building in Florida collapsed Israel sent a rescue team to help find survivors. Recently, a 15 man team from the Miami-Dade County Fire and Rescue came to Israel to meet with the Israelis who had come to their aid, and to spend a little time training and discussing rescue and search techniques. … More A Sincere Thank You
This morning an Arab teacher, actually employed by the Jerusalem Municipality, took a gun and went to the Old City in the center of Jerusalem. He opened fire on people he encountered. His gunfire actually killed one man, Elyahu , who worked as a guide for tourists, both foreign and domestic, that came to the … More In Need of a Reality Check
I was recently watching a documentary series on technological progress..It reminded me of when I spent time investigating some ideas that were once considered cutting edge.One such idea was something I spent a lot of time on; identifying aircraft using narrow beam radar.This was over 40 years ago. Nobody had lasers back then.Computers had not … More Yesterday’s Technology
Many years ago I was a better than average chess player. When I was in the Israeli Navy I was the Navy Champion for the years 1973-76 and came in third in 1978. As you can see, that was a long time ago. After I was released from the Navy We moved to our present … More A Friend Visits
In a previous post I pointed out that media discussion about that portion of Israel that was once occupied by Jordan seems to assume that history started in 1967. There’s another aspect to this. people (and institutions, like the UN and EU) tend to also forget that resolutions that call for negotiations between Israel and … More In Need of an Eye Doctor
Housing prices in Israel, where we live, have risen by a large percentage this past year. It’s probably not just a local phenomenon. The COVID pandemic has resulted in prices for materials going up. Also labor costs have risen. The de facto failure of the Palestinian Authority to implement any unified vaccination program means that … More The Best Nest
We live in a small cottage with a large yard. There are several trees and an area covered with grass We have a drip and sprinkler irrigation system to provide water for that area because there is NO rain here in the summer months. This means that the birds also need a separate source of … More A Very Thirsty Bird (or Birds)
This week the section called Lech Lecha ( literally: Go to/for yourself) is read in Jewish Synagogues. For those of you who might not be familiar with the Old Testament, It’s the third section from the start and deals with the Lord telling Abraham to leave his former home and go to Canaan. Canaan, of … More An Inner Voice
I did a lot of things during my years in the military. One of them was collecting Intelligence. The US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence had a standardized program for having ships submit items that might have some intelligence value. During one tour of duty with the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean I ran … More Amateur Spy
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